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Lessons Learned: Strengthening Communities through Cross-Sector Partnerships, part I

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014 : 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM

David R. Williams, PhD, MPH , Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, African and African American Studies, and Sociology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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In its 2014 recommendations, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America also called for cross-sector collaboration to improve health and opportunity. The Commission report points to “pockets of success” from around the country, including several from New Orleans, where life expectancy for babies born to mothers just a few miles apart can vary by as much as 25 years. The RWJF Commission took an in-depth look at successful models during its deliberations and found that there is an important role for public health leaders in cross-sector collaborations to improve community resiliency and health.

Learning Areas:

Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Public health or related public policy
Public health or related research
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Identify how the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier American came to its recommendations to the nation. Discuss why it is essential for the public health sector engage new partners to revitalize communities. Discuss how the social determinants of health, like education and income, are linked to neighborhood revitalization.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been involved in the development of health policy at the national level in the US. I serve as the staff director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Commission to Build a Healthier America. This national, independent and nonpartisan health commission was focused on identifying evidence-based non-medical strategies that can improve the health of all Americans and reduce racial and socioeconomic gaps in health.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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